Simpson

Simpson stands accused of the June 19-94 murders of his ex-wife Nicole and
Ron Goldman.
As a precaution, Los Angeles police are on stand by tactical alert beginning
today.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=
((LEWIS BAYAN/ LOS ANGELES DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF:THERE'S NO INDICATION ANYTHING'S
GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE PREPARED.
))
SUPER=01-Lewis Bayan/Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief;
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=to be prepared.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

When the jurors begin deliberating they'll have some 50-thousand pages of
transcripts to consider, along with more than 850 pieces of evidence.
(----------------)

Nuclear-test

ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=mel
TAPE# morn
GRAPHIC=none

France has conducted its SECOND underground nuclear test.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=04-French Government TV;

This LATEST blast was more than FIVE times as powerful as the first.
The international community has lodged protests against the tests.
The French government plans to continue with its series of six to eight
tests-- breaking France's three-year-old moratorium on nuclear testing.
(----------------)

meeting

ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

Defense ministers from 16 nations gather in Virginia this week.
They're meeting in Williamsburg for an informal NATO conference.
The meeting Thursday and Friday is the first NATO conference in the
United States since 19-49.

Fire

A fire at one of Virginia Tech's research centers destroys years of
research.
The blaze broke out at the Aquaculture Center at about four yesterday
morning, causing about 20-thousand dollars in damage.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Yesterday;

The fire actually started in a small outbuilding.
The blaze then spread to the main structure which housed thousands of fish
used in experiments.
The graduate student in charge of the fish project was trying to find better
ways to raise fish for commercial purposes.
(----------------)
wipe wipe wipe

Shoe-Store

Several hours later, a fire at the Rack Room Shoe store in Roanoke did
extensive damage to the store's inventory.
The fire broke out at the store located at Towne Square Shopping Center.
Two other stores which were affected were S- &- K Menswear and Hobby U-S-A.
The fire's cause is still under investigation.
(----------------)

1-Sports

Time now for sports.
With Troy Aikman watching most of the game from the sidelines, the Dallas
Cowboys were upset by the Washington Redskins.
Roy Stanley has the game highlights.
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SOT
IN Q=thank you
RUNS=1:33
OUT Q=on morning
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Boucher

ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=spr
TAPE# 95-85
GRAPHIC=Health Care

Democratic lawmakers today unveil their plan for overhauling Medicare.
They're calling it a sensible way to keep the program solvent through the
year 2005.
Republicans have a more ambitious plan, and show LITTLE willingness to
compromise.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=04-Last Week;

Congressman Rick Boucher is one of the democrats BLASTING the republican
attempt at Medicare overhaul.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 9:17:32
IN Q=the legislation
((RICK BOUCHER/D- VA: THE LEGISLATION WOULD FORCE MANY SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
HOSPITALS TO CEASE TO FUNCTION AS HOSPITALS AND BECOME OUTPATIENT MEDICAL
CLINICS OR NURSING HOMES INSTEAD. SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER HOSPITALS WOULD BE
SEVERELY RESTRICTED. ))
SUPER=@Boucher;
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=severely restricted
ANCHOR=Beth
SS=hold

The federal Medicare program provides health care to more than 84-thousand
Southwest Virginia residents.

Landlords

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE# 95-90
GRAPHIC=none

Some landlords in Roanoke want to throw out one of the city's proposals.
They're against a plan requiring inspections before apartments in certain
neighborhoods can be rented to new tenants.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=You can drive around town
((DAN POLLOCK/HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR: YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND TOWN AND
SEE CLEARLY THAT THERE ARE UNITS THAT ARE RENTED THAT EVEN FROM THE OUTSIDE
LOOK BAD. YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE OUTSIDE. IF THEY
LOOK THAT BAD FROM THE OUTSIDE, I HAVE A VERY STRONG HUNCH THAT THERE ARE SOME
BAD THINGS ON THE INSIDE THAT ARE IN FACT DANGEROUS.))
SUPER=01-Dan Pollock/Housing Development Coordinator;
RUNS=:19
OUT Q=that are in fact dangerous.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Roanoke Housing Development Coordinator Dan Pollock (PAH-luck) says the
inspection program is still under review, and officials haven't determined all
the details.
But landlords fear mandatory inspections will bring delays and unnecessary
expense.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=We will be forced to charge
((FRANK ROUPAS/ROANOKE LANDLORD: WE WILL BE FORCED TO CHARGE MORE RENT AND
THESE PEOPLE ARE ON A LIMITED INCOME. WE CAN ONLY CHARGE SO MUCH. AND IF THE
CITY MAKES IT REAL HARD FOR US, I KNOW PERSONALLY MANY PROPERTY OWNERS WILL
JUST FIND IT EASIER TO BOARD UP THEIR PROPERTIES, SO NO ONE CAN GET IN. AND
THERE'S NO LAW THAT YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR PROPERTY AS LONG AS IT'S PROPERLY
BOARDED UP AND I'M AFRAID THAT'S WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.))
SUPER=01-Frank Roupas/Roanoke Landlord;
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=that's what might happen.
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=none

City officials will hold another community workshop before the proposal goes
to city council.
The Association of Roanoke Property Investors will hold a meeting tonight in
city council chambers.

Poultry

ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=dal
TAPE# 95-86
GRAPHIC=Biz News

Some changes MAY take flight for Virginia's poultry business.
Representatives from California are trying to raise the temperature at which
frozen chicken can be shipped across country.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;

Congressman Bob Goodlatte says IF the shipping temperature is raised, it
would prevent Virginia poultry growers from transporting their product across
the country.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 14:11:02
IN Q=obviously this is
((BOB GOODLATTE/U.S. CONGRESSMAN: OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A RUSE. IT'S AN EFFORT TO
KEEP VIRGINIA POULTRY OUT OF CALIFORNIA BY SETTING THIS REGULATION AND CLAIMING
IT'S A CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUE.))
SUPER=@Goodlatte;
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=protection issue
(----------------)
VO-NAT

Goodlatte says the Department of Agriculture is supposed to put the
regulation into effect NEXT year.
But efforts are underway to forge a compromise so Virginia farmers will
STILL be able to ship their product out of state.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Beth 2 shot
SS= 2shot

Time now to look at another Virginia business -- it's called the Mountain
Car Company.

Made-In-VA

As Len Besthoff reports, the company is based on a local man's love affair
with trains.
Here's "Made in Virginia."
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SOT
IN Q=Nat Sot
SUPER=03-Salem; :10
SUPER=03-Burnt Chimney/August 1993; :23
SUPER=01-Jim Humphrey/Mountain Car Co. President; :40
SUPER=01-Randy Pratt/Mountain Car Co.; 1:04 (QUICK!)
SUPER=@Len2; 1:09
RUNS=1:30
OUT Q=Made in Virginia (Nat Sound)
((
(( You'd never know it, but Salem Virginia is home to the country's largest
maker of railroad cars.
But the hoppers, tankers, and passenger cars made by the Mountain Car
Company are one eighth the size of a normal freight car; and instead of cargo,
they carry people.
((JIM HUMPRHEY/MOUNTAIN CAR COMPANY PRESIDENT: THESE YOU WILL FIND MAINLY IN
PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS OR PEOPLE IN A CLUB WHO GOT TOGETHER ON THE PROPERTY AND HAD
A COMMON MEET, OR COMMON CLUB.))
Jim Humphrey founded the Mountain Car Company more than a decade ago.
His interest in model trains dates back to his childhood.
((HUMPHREY: FROM THERE I STAYED INTERESTED AND ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE HOBBY UP UNTIL THE TIME, I WENT TO COLLEGE WHEN I WAS INTERESTED IN THE
LIVE STEAM PART OF THE HOBBY. AND I SAW THAT IT WAS A CHANCE TO GO INTO
BUSINESS AND MAKE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT MYSELF.))
The company does not make steam engines, but a number of them are in the
shop, since workers like repairing them in their spare time.
((RANDY PRATT/MOUNTAIN CAR COMPANY EMPLOYEE: WE'RE NOT ONLY CAPTURING A LITTLE
BIT OF HISTORY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HAVING SOME FUN DOING IT.))
With nearly all the parts made in house, the cars cost anywhere from 500 to
five thousand dollars.
Pretty soon collectors will have another type of car to choose from...the
Mountain Car Company is developing a boxcar they hope to begin selling soon.
Len Besthoff, for Made in Virginia.))
))
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=None

Model train orders make up about 40 percent of the company's business.
It also makes a variety of products for the trucking industry.

2-scores

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

In sports -- the top clubs in the A-P college football poll stayed the same
with Florida State, Nebraska, Florida and Colorado leading the way.
Virginia ranks ninth.
Now let's go to the scoreboards and see how the pro-football teams are
doing.
(////////////////)
SUPER=#C-200;
SUPER=100-Oakland/=47/NY Jets/=10//Washington/=27/Dallas/=23;
SUPER=100-Philadelphia/=15/New Orleans/=10//Tampa Bay/=20/Carolina/=13;
SUPER=100-Miami/=26/Cincinnati/=23//Atlanta/=30/New England/=17;
SUPER=100-Indianapolis/=21/St. Louis/=18//Kansas City/=24/Arizona/==3;
SUPER=100-Jacksonville/=17/Houston/=16//Seattle/=27/Denver/=10;
SUPER=100-Pittsburgh/=31/San Diego/=16//San Francisco/=20/NY Giants/==6;

2Headlines

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=
WRITER=mel
TAPE#
GRAPHIC=

Here's a look at today's top stories.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

It all comes down to the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
The panel today begins sifting through eight months of testimony.
If convicted, the football great could face life in prison for the murders of
Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
ANCHOR=Beth

Airports across the U-S are on heightened security this morning after
yesterday's conviction of ten Muslim militants for planning the destruction of
New York-area landmarks.
Defense lawyers are promising appeals.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
ANCHOR=Melanie

And a California man who planned a dramatic stunt over Niagara Falls dies
when part of his equipment malfuntions.
(----------------)

And that's what's making news on this Monday, October 2nd.
ANCHOR=Beth

Don't go away. The News will continue.

oj

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=mornin
WRITER=mel
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=simpson

In just a few hours ten women and two men will begin deliberating the fate
of O.J. Simpson.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Los Angeles;

Simpson stands accused of the June 19-94 murders of his ex-wife Nicole and
Ron Goldman.
As a precaution, Los Angeles police are on standby tactical alert beginning
today.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=
((LEWIS BAYAN/LOS ANGELES DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF:THERE'S NO INDICATION ANYTHING'S
GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE PREPARED.
))
SUPER=01-Lewis Bayan/Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief;
RUNS=:03
OUT Q=to be prepared.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

They have some 50-thousand pages of transcripts to consider, along with more
than 850 pieces of evidence.

Terror-trial

ANCHOR=Beth 2 shot
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=2 shot

Meantime, guilty verdicts in the biggest terrorism trial in U-S history.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

A federal jury in New York yesterday found
(Shayk OH'-mahr AHB'-dell ROCK- mahn) Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman....
and nine others guilty of plotting a war of urban terrorism in New York City,
planning terrorist bombings and political assassinations.
SUPER=03-New York;

Just hours after the verdict, security was heightened at airports across the
country in case of possible retaliatory strikes.
It's the highest state of security since the Persian Gulf War.
(----------------)

Dialysis

ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# net
GRAPHIC=none

A team of experts from the University of Virginia has been asked to
investigate a prison dialysis unit at the Greensville Correctional center.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;

Since December, eight patients there have died.
Some experts say the number of deaths at the facility is above normal, but
could simply be coincidence.
However, the figure is large enough to ask for an investigation.
The state Corrections Department has asked the company that provides health
care at the prison to pay for the audit.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Beth 2 shot
SS= 2 shot

Two NEW prisons are coming to southwest Virginia and will have their
groundbreakings this month.

Prisons

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=none

The maximum-security Red Onion Prison will have its groundbreaking tomorrow
at the site on the Wise-Dickenson county line.
On the other end of Wise County, the Wallens Ridge Prison will have its
ceremonies the week of October 16th.
The 72-MILLION dollar Red Onion facility alone is expected to provide
several hundred jobs.
Local officials say the groundbreaking will show that more state facilities
-- NOT necessarily prisons -- should be located in southwest Virginia where
jobs are needed.
The region has a high rate of unemployment.

Plane-Crash

An owner of a skydiving plane that crashed last month killing 12 people says
the plane had NOT been illegally modified and was NOT overloaded on its final
flight from West Point.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Shacklefords/September 10;

``A Washington Post'' story cites unnamed federal officials as saying that
the twin-engine Queen Air 6-5 had a door IMPROPERLY removed, and was 150 pounds
OVERweight when it took off.
The September crash killed the pilot, ten skydivers and a man on the
ground.
(-------------)
ANCHOR=Beth
SS=none

Stephan Rose of Newport News and his wife owned the plane.
Rose says the plane was NOT carrying more than its maximum weight.
And he says, the plane's door had been removed for skydiving, but that the
Federal Aviation Administration did NOT ban taking the door off on this model
of plane until AFTER the crash.

niagara-death

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=MORN
WRITER=CRO
TAPE# NET
GRAPHIC=NONE

A California stunt man who plunged to his death over Niagara Falls was
apparently trying to draw attention to the homeless.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Niagara Falls, NY;

Robert Overacker's parachute failed yesterday as he rode a Jet Ski over the
falls.
The 39- year- old then fell over the falls, plummeting 180 feet.
He was taken to an area hospital, but pronounced dead on arrival.
(----------------)

Fish-Fire

ANCHOR=Beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=dal
TAPE#95-89
GRAPHIC=Fire

A Virginia Tech graduate student has years of research destroyed by fire.
The blaze broke out early yesterday at the Aquaculture Center, causing about
20-thousand dollars in damage.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Yesterday;

The fire actually started in a small outbuilding.
The blaze then spread to the main structure which housed thousands of fish
used in experiments.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=a small outside
((BOBBY CARNER/BLACKSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT: A SMALL OUTSIDE BUILDING WHICH
HOUSES A GENERATOR WHICH CONTROLS THE CLIMATE OF THE H2O IN THESE FISH TANKS,
IT WAS ALMOST CONSUMED BY FIRE WHEN WE GOT HERE. IT EXTENDED INTO THE MAIN
STRUCTURE.))
SUPER=01-Bobby Carner/Blacksburg Fire Dept.;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=main structure
(----------------)
VO-NAT

Rack-Room-Fire

The blaze at the Rack Room Shoe store did extensive damage to the store's
inventory.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke/Last Night;

The fire broke out last night at the store located at Towne Square Shopping
Center.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=2:39:20
((GARY BASHAM/DISTRICT FIRE CHIEF: THE SPRINKLER WAS ACTIVATED WHICH HELD THE
FIRE IN CHECK. WE HAVE HEAVY SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE ROOM ITSELF, AND
PROBABLY TO TWO OF THE BUILDINGS NEXT TO THE RACK ROOM.))
SUPER=01-Gary Basham/District Fire Chief;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=to the rack room.
(----------------)
VO-NAT

The two other stores which were affected were S- &- K Menswear and Hobby
U-S-A.
The fire's cause is still under investigation.
(----------------)

UVA-Case

The case, brought by three Charlottesville students, says the state
Republican convention that met to nominate Oliver North for Senate last year
violated the federal Voting Rights Act.
(-------------)
ANCHOR=Beth
SS=republican

The state party charged a 35-dollar registration fee ... and local parties
added surcharges.
The students say the fees amounted to illegal poll taxes.

Mentally-Ill

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=dal
TAPE# 95-88
GRAPHIC=NONE

Today lawmakers take a look at a plan for managed health care in Virginia.
The Department of Medical Assistance is presenting the proposal.
Mental Health advocates hope the plan includes proposals to help meet the
needs of the mentally ill.
Denise Allen has the story.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT
IN Q=Daniel Willis was schizophrenic
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :08
SUPER=01-Mildred Willis/Alliance for the Mentally Ill; :18
SUPER=@Denise1; :30
SUPER=01-Newell Falkinburg/(R) House of Delegates Candidate; :55
SUPER=@Woodrum; 1:07
SUPER=01-Jeff Artis/(R) House of Delegates Candidate; 1:19
SUPER=@Thomas; 1:33
RUNS=1:56
OUT Q=News 7

(( Daniel Willis died three years ago.
His mother says he took his own life because living with schizophrenia was
too much for him.
But Mildred Willis says Daniel's story might have been different if there
had been some sort of half way house to help him make the transition from the
hospital to the real world.
((MILDRED WILLIS/ALLIANCE FOR MENTALLY ILL: HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK TO AN
ADULT HOME AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE WITH ME. HE WAS 32 YEARS OLD AND HE
WANTED TO BE ON HIS OWN.))
In 1976, the Bagley Commission de-institutionalized mental patients.
Mildred Will says this would have been a great idea had some funding been
set aside to help communities meet the housing needs of people with mental
illness.
She says at least one third of the homeless population suffers from some
type of mental illness.
Newell Falkinburg is running for the state house of delegates.
He calls funding for housing for the mentally ill an investment.
((NEWELL FALKINBURG/(R) CANDIDATE FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES: IT HAS TO BE
ADEQUATELY FUNDED ON THE FRONTEND IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK ON THE BACKEND. TO
KEEP THE PATIENTS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL WHICH IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE TO
RECEIVE YOUR CARE.))
Chip Woodrum says the state HAS the money to help meet these needs.
((CHIP WOODRUM/(D)HOUSE OF DELEGATES: ONE I HAVE IN MIND IS TO REQUIRE THE
RETURN OF THE FUNDS OF THE SALE OF PORTIONS OF SURPLUS PROPERTY OF THE STATE
INTO THE HOUSING FOR THE MENTALLY ILL.))
((JEFF ARTIS/(R) HOUSE OF DELEGATE CANDIDATE: THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THE
LOTTERY PROCEEDS COULD BE USED FOR. THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE BUT FIRST WE NEED
TO LOBBY OUR U-S CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS.))
((VIC THOMAS/HOUSE OF DELEGATES: JUST A LITTLE QUICK HELP MAKES ALL THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. BEFORE THAT THEY HAD TO GO INTO THE SYSTEM WHERE THE
COST TO THE TAXPAYER IS CONSIDERABLY MORE.))
Mildred Willis says local health care agencies are poorly funded.
She's watching these political hopefuls.
Her wish is for a system which would help people like her son live a life of
their own.
Denise Allen news 7.))

Allen-Welfare

Also today, Governor Allen will be in Lynchburg to kickoff Virginia's new
welfare reform program.
Lynchburg and Amherst, along with Appomattox, Bedford and Campbell counties
join other Virginia localities experimenting with welfare reform.
The initiative requires able-bodied welfare recipients to work in exchange
for their benefits.

4-scores

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=mlb logo

In the American League, Cleveland closed its best season in 41 years by
pounding Kansas City.
The Tribe finishes with a 100-and-44 mark, the best record in the majors.
The Indians host Boston in the playoffs beginning tomorrow night.
Now let's go to the scoreboards.
(////////////////)
SUPER=#C-200;
SUPER=91-Cleveland/=17/Kansas City/==7//Baltimore/==4/Detroit/==0;
SUPER=91-NY Yankees/==6/Toronto/==1//Milwaukee/==8/Boston/==1;
SUPER=91-White Sox/==2/Minnesota/==1//Texas/==9/Seattle/==3;
SUPER=91-California/==8/Oakland/==2;